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ZQ - Chester Quarter Sessions

A - Administration

AA - Assessments: Wage Rates - 1575

AB - City of Chester Probation Committee - 1928 - 1957

AG - Gaol and House of Correction - 1808-1872

AP - Point of Air Lighthouse Trust - 1775-1889

AR - River Dee - 1800-1831

AS - Quarter Sessions: Administration: Special Sessions - 1864-1880

C - Chester City Coroner - 1442-1973

CI - Coroners' Inquests. - c1442-1839

1 - Coroners Inquests. - 1519-1540

2 - Coroners Inquests. - 1549-1552

3 - This bundle is largely illegible. - 1560-1575

4 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1582-1584

5 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1585-1586

6 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1588-1595

7 - This bundle is faded. - 1594-1595

8 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1602-1604

9 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1610-1617

10 - This bundle on paper, in English. - 1613-1636

11 - Paper, ff.2,3,4a,b, rep. M.S. 1952. - 1658-1668

12 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1669-1673

13 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1674-1677

14 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1677-1684

15 - Coroners Inquests. - 1686-1687

16 - Coroners' Inquests - 1690-1701

17 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1701-1708

18 - Coroner's Inquests - 1708-1714

19 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1715-1726

1 - Thomas Maddock and Thomas Houghton on Thomas Hollinell, baker, drowned trying to get into a small boat near St. John's Church. - June 12th 1715

2 - Thomas Houghton on Sarah, wife of John Edwards, labourer, drowned herself in the Dee at Clayton Lane. - 6 Aug 1715

3 - Thomas Maddock and Thomas Houghton on John Almond, labourer, killed by John Meredith who broke his skull with the hilt of a sword at the house of Edward Oulton, brewer, without the Northgate. - Nov 30th 1715

4 - Thomas Maddock on a young female child, found in an open grave in St. John's churchyard. - April 25th 1716

5 - Thomas Houghton, on Charles Lucas, mariner, killed by - Lawson, Cpl. in Col. Morris's Regiment of Dragoons, during an argument. - May 20th 1716

6 - The same on Thomas Thickness, gentleman, drowned while bathing in the Dee near Sandy Lane. - June 13th 1716

7 - The same on George Jordon, soldier, drowned while bathing in a pit in a field belonging to Thomas Wilson, innkeeper. - June 16th 1716

8 - William Starkey and Thomas Maddock on John Queen, son of John Queen, mariner, drowned while bathing in the Dee between the old works and the new works. - Aug 2nd 1717

9a - Randle Bingley and Edward Burrows on Joseph Palmer, died while under the influence of drink, cause of death unknown. - 30 Jan 1718

9b - Examination of witnesses concerning previous case. - n.d.

10 - Randle Bingley and Edward Burrows on and unknown man, found drowned on the Roodee near the Glovers Houses. - April 15th 1718

11 - The same on John Gregory, died from natural causes. - April 23rd 1718

12 - Edward Burrows on Thomas Redwood, died from natural causes in his lodgings at the Coach and Horses Inn in Northgate Street. - June 1st 1718

13 - The same on Thomas Dean, yeoman, was drowned crossing the ford from Blacon Road on horseback. - June 13th 1718

14 - Randle Bingley on Anne Blackburn, widow, drowned while crossing the sands from Flint. - June 24th 1718

15 - Randle Bingley and Edward Burrows on Timothy Gardiner, died from natural causes in the Northgate Gaol. - June 29th 1718

16 - Edward Burrows on John Pendlebury, apprentice to William Jennings, wetglover, suffocated by smoke from fires for the drying of skins in the store house of William Jennings in Bridge Street. - Dec 27th 1718

17 - Randle Bingley and Edward Burrows on Daniel Sunderland, son of Robert Sunderland of Gloverstone, died from fall from horse. - April 3rd 1719

18 - Randle Bingley on a male child born to Margaret Prince, found dead in the room of a house belonging to Anne Ball, widow, in Clayton Lane. - June 10th 1719

19 - The same on Robert Walterson, servant to Thomas Kemp, innkeeper crushed by a cart overturning on him while coming from Mollington near Four Lane Ends. - June 30th 1719

20 - Edward Burrows on Richard Green and Richard Rowlands, mariners, drowned when their boat overturned coming from Parkgate. - August 3rd 1719

21 - Randle Bingley on a young child, found dead near the Dee. - Aug 20th 1719

22 - Thomas Edwards and Thomas Wilson on Joseph Harvey, son of Edward Harvey, bricklayer, died from natural causes. - Oct 22nd 1719

23 - The same on William Owens, ship's carpenter, drowned when he fell overboard while working on a vessal anchored on the Dee. - Nov 6th 1719

24 - Thomas Wilson on Thomas Newman, servant to Thomas Warburton, gentleman, died from a fall off his master's coach. - Nov 24th 1719

25 - Thomas Edwards and Thomas Wilson on John Johnson, smith, and Anne Edge, daughter of Humphrey Edge of Handbridge; John Johnson died rom an unknown disease and Anne Edge fell of the wall by the Phoenix Tower. - Nov 26th 1719

26 - Thomas Wilson on Henry Miller, mason, drowned attempting to cross the ford opposite Saughall. - Feb 20th 1719/20

27 - Thomas Edwards and Thomas Wilson on William Brown, tailor, fell under a coach coming from Bathpool towards Chester and died soon after. - June 13th 1720

28 - The same on Matthew Sherlock, brought into prison 'much in drink' and suffocated by smoke when his candle set the straw on fire. - July 30th 1720

29 - Thomas Edwards on William Chamberlain, son of Thomas Chamberlain, gentleman, drowned while bathing near Saughall Ford. - Aug 2nd 1720

30 - The same on John Hughes, yeoman, fell overboard from the 'Blessing' of Chester, anchored at Parkgate. - Aug 2nd 1720

31 - Thomas Wilson on Kenneth Edwards, tanner, died from natural causes on the New Stairs on the City Walls. - May 21st 1721

32 - Lawrence Gother, on Joseph Vernon, yeoman, run over by his own cart near the sands at Blacon Point. - Aug 13th 1721

33 - Robert Crosbey and Lawrence Gother on Edward Puleston, alderman, shot himself at his house. - April 14th 1722

34 - Robert Crosbey on Thomas Barlow, died from natural causes. - July 13th 1722

35 - John Parker and Thomas Bolland, on Hugh Done, gentleman, drowned while swimming near the point of the Roodee. - May 17th 1723

36 - Thomas Bolland on Phillip Quart, mariner, of the ship the 'Phillip and Jane' of London, found dead in the Dee near Parkgate. - Nov 21st 1723

37 - The same on Tabitha Clarkson, daughter of Thomas Clarkson, mariner, crushed by a cart as she was passing under the Eastgate. - 10 March 1724

38 - John Parker and Thomas Boland on Richard Thompson, pipemaker, poisoned himself by taking arsenic. - April 10th 1724

39 - Thomas Bolland on Richard Moross, mariner, fell overboard from the ship the 'Mary Boat' of Chester and was drowned. - April 27th 1724

40 - Thomas Bolland on Michael Heavyside of Dublin, labourer, fell overboard while on the ship the 'Two Brothers' of Dublin, and was drowned. - Aug 2nd 1724

41 - John Parker, apothecary, and Thomas Bolland, on John Hardy, gentleman, died from natural causes while in the Northgate gaol. - Aug 31st 1724

42 - Thomas Bolland on John Huntington, son of Wiliam Huntington, baker, fell into the Dee while fighting with some other boys, and was drowned. - Oct 1st 1724

43 - Thomas Bolland and William Hughes on Benjamin Davies, sadler, fell from his horse between the Watergate and the Water Tower, while under the influence of drink and died soon after. - Oct 23rd 1724

44 - Thomas Bolland on Thomas Mottershead, innholder, died from natural causes in the Northgate gaol. - 23 Feb 1725

45 - The same on Thomas Pearson, labourer, drowned while attempting to ford the Dee from the Welsh side. - Aug 18th 1725

46 - Thomas Bolland and William Hughes on Jane Coburn, widow, cut her throat with a razor or sharp instrument. - Aug 23rd 1725

47 - William Hughes and Thomas Brock on Henry Page, labourer, fell from his horse while riding in the Dee under the City Walls, a little above Dee Mills. - 15 Feb 1726

48 - The same on Thomas Shone, drowned while swimming with others in the Dee. - May 31st 1726

49 - The same on Lewis Vaughan, hornbreaker, drowned while swimming in the Dee opposite Handbridge. - June 25th 1726

50 - Thomas Brock on Peter Partingson, drowned in the Dee near Boughton, Sandy Lane. - July 4th 1726

51 - William Hughes on a young child, found cast up by the tide near the Gloverhouses. - 19 Sep 1726

52 - William Hughes and Thomas Brock on Charles Walley, died from natural causes while in the Northgate gaol. - Nov 1st 1726

53 - The same on Thomas Elow, labourer, died from fall on stairs in the house of widow Bruce in Boughton. - Feb 13th 1727

20 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1727-1740

21 - Coroners' Inquests - 1740 - 1749

22 - Coroners' Inquests - 1751 - 1759

23 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1760 -1769

24 - Coroner's Inquests - 1770 -1775

25 - Coroner's Inquests - 1776-1779

26 - Coroner's Inquests - 1780 -1789

27 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1790-1798

28 - Coroner's Inquests - 1811-1819

29 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1822-1826

30 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1837-1839

CR - Crownmote Court Rolls - 1316-1611

F - Finance

FA - Accounts - 1828-1836

J - Justices of the Peace

JC - Commissions of the Peace - 1836-1970

JD - Declarations - 1860-1901

R - Registration and Deposit

RJ - Jurors - 1608-1817

RL - Licenced Victuallers - 1552-1833

RP - Deposited plans - 1772-1935

RR - Sacrament Certificates - 1673-1789

RTB - Transportation Bonds - 1731-1775

RTC - Transportation Contracts - 1764-1775

S - Court in Session

SE - Examinations and Depositions - 1522-1858

SF - Quarter Sessions Files - 1488-1971

SM - Sessions Books Minute Books - 1814-1865

SMP - Sesions Books Register of Prisoners - 1853-1872

SMR - Sessions Books - Recognizance Book - 1780-1798

SO - Order Books - 1799-1866

SP - Process Records Register of Prosecutions, etc.

SPE - Quarter Sessions Fine Rolls - 1561-1634

SPT - Petitions mainly for poor relief or for exemption from poor rate, 16th century. - 1563-1594